Azecidae Explained

Azecidae is a family of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Azecoidea .^[1]

Families

• Azeca J. Fleming, 1828
• Cryptazeca de Folin & Bérillon, 1877
• Gomeziella Cianfanelli, Bodon, Giusti & Manganelli, 2018
• Gomphroa Westerlund, 1903
• Hypnocarnica Cianfanelli & Bodon, 2018
• Hypnophila Bourguignat, 1858

References

• Watson, H. (1920). The affinities of Pyramidula, Patulastra, Acanthinula, and Vallonia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 14 (1): 6-30, pl. 1–2. London
• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526

External links

• Manganelli, G., Barbato, D., Pieńkowska, J. R., Benocci, A.; Lesicki, A. & Giusti, F. (2019). Unravelling the tangle of the azecid land snails: a survey on the supraspecific systematics based on comparative morphology and molecular phylogeny (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Orthurethra). Folia Malacologica. 27(4): 253-291

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Azecidae H. Watson, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=933796 on 2021-03-13